If everyone in America got a PhD, the job market would not be transformed.
Education in America
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Listen: Affirmative Action ‘Race or Place’ Debate on SiriusXM’s ‘Make It Plain’
The Prospect’s ongoing discussion on how to save affirmative action takes to the airwaves with a spirited discussion between Sheryll Cashin and Richard Rothstein.
Posted inLaw and Justice
Affirmative Action, Race or Class: An Exchange
Should universities shift their recruitment focus away from race and onto poor neighborhoods?
Posted inCivil Rights in America
College Sticker Price Still Matters. Here’s Why.
Sure, there are “coupons” like scholarships and grants, but sticker price still has a big impact on both the federal government and students.
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Why Democrats Need to Take Sides in America’s Class War
Straddling class divisions is so last century. There’s a new base in town, and it includes a lot of people who used to be middle-class but aren’t anymore.
Posted inBooks
Race or Class? The Future of Affirmative Action on the College Campus
Focusing college-student recruitment on poor neighborhoods can overlook middle-class African Americans entitled to affirmative action. Â
Posted inEducation in America
Billionaires Behind the Attack on Public Education in California Tenure Suit
As outspoken teachers are already finding out, what good are First Amendment rights if you have to choose between exercising them and paying your bills?
Posted inMoney, Politics, and Power
Photo Essay: Moral Mondays’ Potent Symbols and Creative Actions
So far in the 2014 North Carolina legislative session, lawmakers have witnessed weekly actions: a silent protest, a sit-in in the Speaker’s office, and prayerful bread-breaking by the activists of the Moral Monday movement, chronicled here in a photo
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Why The California Tenure Decision Is Wrong and Will Hurt Disadvantaged Students
The reasoning behind Judge Rolf Treu’s decision is based on the faulty assumption that if you treat everyone equally, then everyone is equal.
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Moral Mondays: Capitol Showdown
Fifteen protesters have a breakthrough night in North Carolina’s long-running budget battles.
